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TIL Sean Connery used to polish coffins for a living

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mgp TIL the leader of the Church of Scientology’s wife disappeared in 2006 and hasn’t been located since.
gME0y TIL during the Punic Wars, the Romans realized they had no clue how to build ships. They decided to rent row boats, run aground a Carthaginian ship, and plagiarize the designs. The entire first fleet of their new Navy was based off this ship, but learning to row proved more challenging.
R7ln1 TIL Sir Isaac Newton's dog set his laboratory on fire, ruining his 20 years of research. When he saw what the dog had done, Newton is said to have exclaimed, "O Diamond, Diamond, thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done."
woZM TIL a company called Myriad Genetics holds a patent on some cancer genes. Because of this nobody else is allowed to do research with them.
nwQb TIL in 1981 the Chicago fire dept. tried to kill a stuntman climbing the John Hancock Centre by spraying him with fire hoses while he was 37 floors high.